[
US
/səkˈsid/
]
[ UK /səksˈiːd/ ]
[ UK /səksˈiːd/ ]
VERB
-
attain success or reach a desired goal
she struggled to overcome her handicap and won
The enterprise succeeded
We succeeded in getting tickets to the show -
be the successor (of)
Will Charles succeed to the throne?
Carter followed Ford
How To Use succeed In A Sentence
- Her partner deceives her, but she doesn't know it; her children fail, but she is told they succeed; she believes she has the admiration of others, but they laugh at her behind her back.
- Other than the wacko fringes of both parties, they have succeeded in merging into one. Your Right Hand Thief
- Management has not succeeded in breaking the strike.
- Her father provided a motivation in her not only to succeed but to triumph. Times, Sunday Times
- There is also a strongly felt obligation to succeed, seen in an emphasis on the importance of formal education. Sociology
- Let us assume for a moment that the plan succeeds.
- Against all odds, he succeeded in carving out a career in the media.
- It consists of a base, directly continuous with the base of the anterior horn, and a neck or slightly constricted portion, which is succeeded by an oval or fusiform area, termed the head, of which the apex approaches the posterolateral sulcus. IX. Neurology. 3. The Spinal Cord or Medulla Spinalis
- The engraving shows that Geometry / Melancholy has not succeeded in fashioning a regular dodecahedron.
- He succeeded in his attempt to break the world record.
